Critic Reviews
- Echoes of Wisdom’s presumed goal was to find a happy medium between the rigid linearity of classic 2D Zelda and the experimental openness of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. A middle ground between the two does exist here, but I ultimately felt pulled in both directions without ever feeling fully satisfied with either. Sometimes I wanted to be able to experiment more, and sometimes I wanted to experience the joy of solving a defined puzzle with a specific item. But in the end, I finally got to experience a full, proper, no-asterisk Zelda adventure without having to explain, “Actually, you play as Link,” and I am grateful for the experience.
Kyle Hilliard · Mar 24, 2025 Reviewed on Switch - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is the first brand-new top-down adventure in almost a decade. Fans might be used to long pauses between outings, but Echoes was worth the wait. It not only introduces Zelda’s first canonical solo adventure, but merges familiar and new to create an incredibly creative and beautiful experience. Despite some graphical load issues, let’s just say Zelda’s first adventure presents a strong contender for 2024’s Switch game of the year.
Jemma Casson · Nov 06, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Doomscrolling complaints aside, I had an absolute blast playing Echoes of Wisdom. I’ve been a fan of the previous open-world Legend of Zelda games, as you can tell by my other reviews, but there truly is something else about the old style games that was missing, and this game brought them back in a familiar yet refreshing way. I hadn’t realised how much I missed this style of gameplay until I was hours deep into Echoes of Wisdom and caught myself grinning ear to ear!
Bruno César Monteiro Cordeiro Silva · Oct 28, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - No está mal, tampoco, y de hecho me ha gustado mucho el experimento de Grezzo a partir de la carcasa de su genial remake de Link’s Awakening. Creo que es un juego muy sólido para ser tan claramente de serie B; muy pocas compañías pueden presumir, como sí puede hacerlo Nintendo, de dejar para cuando haya un hueco que cubrir proyectos como este. Y supongo que había que probar en algún momento a combinar la nueva naturaleza zeldesca con las formas antiguas, y nada mejor para eso que hacerlo sobre las bases de uno de los Zeldas más antiguos y extravagantes.
Víctor Martínez · Oct 21, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - There’s a unique thrill to playing as Zelda: Sorcerer Supreme, but some hours into Echoes of Wisdom, especially the more that Zelda conjures bigger and badder creatures to smite her enemies, it still leaves the player wondering when, exactly, we get to play as Zelda: The Hero of Time. Nintendo remains a market leader in giving players what they didn’t know they needed rather than what they adamantly wanted, and Echoes of Wisdom is an excellent showcase for why that is, but it’s hard to shake just how many of Zelda’s problems could be solved just by letting her have a sword and an ocarina in the first place.
Justin Clark · Oct 16, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - That being said it feels slightly afraid of fully committing and some additional control over your echoes would greatly enhance the depth of gameplay. Dungeons return to a quality we haven’t seen in more than ten years and the musical presentation is excellent. Performance while consistently hitting 30 frames-per-second strains fruitlessly for 60. But ultimately Echoes of Wisdom excellently weaves itself into the grand tapestry of Zelda with surprising originality while being careful never to trample on what has come before.
John Rairdin · Oct 16, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom may not star Link, but it is on par with many of those classics. The echoes system is another demonstration of the franchise's ability to craft engaging gimmicks. While it may be underserved by the system’s dated tech, Nintendo has once again delivered a creative entry in one of their flagship series.
Eric Hall · Oct 15, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is another triumph for Nintendo, an essential game on the Switch, which is absolutely unmissable.
Paul Skevington · Oct 11, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is a wonderful first (no, CD-i doesn't count) outing for the titular princess. It's at once nostalgic and brand new, combining classic Zelda gameplay with the flexibility and freedom of the modern styles. It's a genuine delight from start to finish, with the only real complaints revolving around the fact that the performance hasn't improved from the last game that was developed on the same game engine. If you're a fan of Zelda, Echoes of Wisdom is a must-play.
Chris "Atom" DeAngelus · Oct 10, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Echoes of Wisdom is a top-down Zelda adventure rich in character where the player must use echoes creatively to defeat enemies and solve puzzles. While the lack of combat may be a disadvantage and handicap to some, to others it allows more creative and interesting tactics to be used, and the lack of focus on combat may have encouraged the developers to create a rich, detailed overworld with numerous side quests. The storyline is quintessential fantasy and very polished in every way. It is striking how everything comes together to form one of the last twenty years’ most wholesome and inspiring Zelda games.
Daniel Leal · Oct 08, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review
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